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Mrs. Q. Holton is visiting relatives |
at Bexley.
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Pr. B. H. Mincfeew, of Waycross,
was here Sunday.
Mr. I. C. Sapp and Mr. Ira Fales
back from Baltimore.
Mr. S. T. Barr.es has returned to
his home in Perry, Fla.
Mrs. J. L. Cochran is; Spending the
weekend at Willacoochee*
Editor Fred Ricketson' spent Tues
day in Deatur and Atlanta.
Miss Venita Vickers has netty'hed
home from a visit to Ocilla.
Miss Agnes Morrisch has returned
home from Mcßae and Eastman.
Mrs. J. N. MsDonald and little sen,
are at St. Simons for a few days.
Judge J. W. Quincey spent Wed
nesday in Brunswick on business.’ . •
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Mrs. Preston, cf Monroe, is the
guest of her son, Mr. F. F. Prestoh, ;
Mr. J. C. Roddenberry. cf Braxton,
was here for a short while Thjjrsda’y.
Judge ar.d Mrs. W. C. Lankford;
spent Sunday with relatives in Ocilla.
Mrs. Andrew Wood has returned
from a‘Visit to relatives at Jackson.',
Liston Elkins, of Waycross, is the
guest of his uncle, Mr. G. F. Dickson.
Mrs. P. E .Pafford returned home
Wednesday after a visit to Mrs. Elias
Lott.
Representative €. E. Stewart spent
a few in the city Thursday on 'busi
ness.
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Monday night iur air burn and Jen
erson.
Mrs. J. M. Ashley anc Miss Lolita
Lewis will return tonight from',-St.
Simons. .... r . - ,
Quite a number of young people
attended the dance at Fitzgerald Tues
day night.
Mr. J. F. Overstreet is now in Hot
Springs, Ark., where he will remain
for a month.
Miss Fay Chapman, of ' Forsyth, is
a guest at hte home of Mr. and Mr«.
Rema Sapp. ••
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Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jordan have re
turned from a short visit to relatives
at Hazlehurst. -r ■ '
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Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dale have re
turned home after a visit to relatives
in Byromville.
Prof, and Mrs. A. A. Kuhl and Mias
Nora Huss motored to Fitzgerald and
Abbeville Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Geo. W. White are
spending several days in Sumpter, S.
C., with relatives.
Mrs. John Crapps and children, of 1
Cordele Ga., were the recent gusts of
Mrs. C. W. Roberts!
Mr. Archie Gresham, of Rome, is
(visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. G, 0. Howard.
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Mrs. H. H. Fielding and daughter,
Miss Lydia, of Leliatcn, are hte guests
[of Mrs. C. N. Fielding.
M iss Ruby Haddock is spending sev
eral days in Elaekshear, visiting her
aunt, Mrs. J. C. Jones.
'■ M.iss Eva .Lattimer, of Waycross,
w&s the guest cf Misses Mourine and
i Madeline Mccre this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Andersen and
children left Friday to spend some
time with relatives in Alabama.
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I Miss Floy Ford has returned to her
heme in Tifton after a very plesant
: visit to Miss Jessie ©vestreet.
Mr. R. L. Collins, cf Columbia, Ala.,
| was the guest at the home of his
: cousin Mrs. C. W. Roberts, this week.
; Misses Allie Lott and Daisy Relihan
also Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tanner left
Sunday to visit friends at St. Simons.
Mrs; P: W. Hill and little daughter
left Thursday for their homes in Dode
City after a visit to Mrs. T. S. Hubert.
Mrs. Dikcsbn, Miss Liliie Dickson
tne..' acme at Lake' TV iaT:U'w
N. C.
Campbell Hubert has ended his visit
to his parents and friends at Douglas,
returning to his heme in Florida, this
week.
Judge and Mrs. Levi O’TSteen have
moved to their Gaskin Spring cottage
and will remain there for several
weeks.. •
Th linen shower given under the
auspices of the W. C. T. U. this after
noon for the Hospital, was a decided
scroess. ' '* •’
i Mrs-. Ti .8. Price, Miss Lillian Price
gn«s her guests Misses Eriine Min
dahan and Elsie Parish ,of Montgom
ery will leave Sunday for a trip to St.
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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, JULY 22 1916
Messrs. J'. R. Overmen and Melvin
Tanner spent Thursday in Macon in
attendance at the meeting cf the Far
mers’ union.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nesbitt with
Misses Fletcher and Nesbitt, cf For
syth, were Ihe guests of Miss Lucy
Hall Tuesday.
Miss Mary Jelks has returned tc
her home in Macon after a delightful
visit of several days an the guest of
the Misses Wilson.
Little Miss Opal Vickers enter
tained quite a number of little'friends
at a water melon cutting at the Park
• Wednesday afternoon.
I Mrs. C. C. Whiddcn and daughter,
jwho have been visiting the family of
! Mr. J. M. Dent, have returned to their
I home in Gadsden, Ala.
Mrs. Frank Cato and little daughter
Hazel, left Tuesday for Grassland and
mNorman Park to visit her father,
mother and other relatives.
Mr. R. N. McEachren has purchas
ed Mr. Ross’ bungalow on Sellars St.,
and expects to make additions to it
before moving in next month.
Messrs. Chas. T. Darley, Jno. M.
Hall, A. L. Ponder and I. Levin spent
several days -in Brunswick this week
in attendance at the Masonic con
vention.
Mrs. Ncn.h Hean, of Copper Hill
Tenn., has many friends here who will
be giad to hear that she is coming
Monday to visit her sister Mrs. Law
son Kelley-.
Mrs. E. F. Sapp ar.d little daugh
ters are visiting relatives in Hazle
j hurst. Sibbet and Everett Sapp are
[fr-till here visiting their grandmother,
j Mrs. W. F. Sibbett
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j Mr. and- Mrs. S. M. Roberts and
(daughter, Mary, are making a trip
jin their car to Abbecille, Baimbridge,
'Atlanta and ether places. They will
jbe away about a week.
|, Mrs. P. H. Hill and daughter, Annie
jfLou, and Sister Miss Julia Waters, v,i
LDad? City. Fla., racer.t guests of the
Hu', c.r hunt or Se.mrs street, .aav-t
returned to Dade City.
! Mrs. Theresa Caldwell is expected
home next, week from a western tour,
which included all the interesting
places ol Oregon, Colorado
and a weeks stay in Chicago.
Mr. Evertt Sampey, of Columbus,
is spending a few days as the guest
of Dr. M. H. Turrentine. Master
Minor, who ahs been on a visit to
Columbus, leturned with his grand
jflaanent.
11. D. C.
On next Thursday at four o’clock,
the regular monthly meeting of the
U, D. C. will be held at the residence
pf Mrs. S. j. Stubbs.
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NOTICE TO WATER AND
LIGHT CONSUMERS
By resolution of Council in regular
meeting last night the office of City
Collector was abolished and in future
there will be no collector sent out for
the collection of water and light bills.
Those who desire to ake advantage
of the ten per cent discount allowed
on these bills must pay same on cr
before the fifth of the month, as
there will be no discount allowed any
one after hat date. All water and
light bills not paid on or before the
tenth of the month will be discontin
ued and will net be reinstalled until
there is a fee of one dollar paid for
same. All bills due the City, for
anything whatever, are payable at
the office of the City Clerk.
By order of Council, this the 29th
day of June, 1916.
J. D. KNOWLES, Clerk.
OOFFFE COUNTY ;
WANTS COT
(Continued from editorial page)
the Ex-Sheriff, the present Sheriff j
and the nominated Sheriff signed ’
the ftetition favoring the new coun- j
ty of Atkinson for the special reason ;
that the county is now so large—92o
square miles- that it is impossible
for the sheriff, under the ever in
creasing duties imposed on, to per-1
form them to the _ satisfaction of
himself and the people.
Editor Howell talks learnedly of
the many sets of new county officials
whose salaries would bankrupt the
ljttle new county and the State.
Now this is really laughable! j
would like for the astute editor to
point out an ordinary, a clerk, a
sheriff, a tax receiver, a tax collect
or or a coroner in Georgia that re-,
ceives a salary. Recently some few
treasurers, by special act of the
legislature, have been put on saiar
aries. The people pay the officers a
fee for the services they perform,
and these fees are fixed by law. The
creation of new counties neither in
creases or diminishes these fees.
Editor Howell concludes his edi
torial by saying “There are many
counties in Georgia today which
ought to be combined with others’’.
No doubt,*he would like to see Ful
ton and DeKaib counties combined,
but he will be in paradise many
years before the people of DeKaib
county will consent to such a thing.
No, regardless of assertions to the
contrary, the small rural counties of
Georgia are her most prosperous
communities in the state.
1 insist that the creation of Atkin
son county from south Coffee and
north Clinch counties will be a splen
did bit of legislation and the mem
bers wno vote for it will never have
any ca-use to regret it.
NEW COUNTY LEGISLATION.
I listened with much interest to th>
discussion lor and against new coun-'
'y -fui i Wirt H t:;i l>v, in: .; »
Lfai, 01 Atkiimuu was ua An
in the House of Representatives, and
am compelled to ray that some ol the
aufi-aew-ceunty arguments was very
unfortunate for the purpose intend
ed.
The purpose of free government is
to “‘Promote the interest and happi
netj* of the citizens." The glory and
stiJeupth of government depends
largely upon the contentment and
happiness of the people. Plotting aod
treachery against government is
found only where discontent and un
happiness exist among the peopK,
and where they realize they are bear
ing utoeven and unjust burdens in
performing the- duties of citizenship.
One of the speakers referred to the
string of three little new counties
down in South Georgia—no doubt hav
'infc fh his mind Crisp, Turner and
Tift. The illustration, if such be in-
terfiled it, was strongly against his
auti-new-county position. There are
r.o counties in Georgia where the
citizens are happier and more con
tented, where thrift and prosperity
more greatly* abound. These three
‘Tittle’’ counties are real object les
sons of thrift and prosperity. No
counties of Georgia have better pub
lic reads and bridges, better public
buildings and better church and
school facilities. They speak out in
thunder tones in favor of small coun
ties.
Another speaker illustrated his an
ti-new-ccunty position by referring to
the fact that Georgia has more coun
ties then any other state in the Union
except Texas, whose territory would ]
make three Georgias. II was dournb
founded at the lack of knowledge of
the geography of his county and es
pecially the great State of Taxas.
Evidently he does not know that, if
he should send a civil engineer to cut
off from her east side a State as large
as Georgia, the survey would encom
pass more counties than there are in
the State of Georgia, and the engineer
would be brought face to face with
small counties such as Aransa3 con
taining 240 square miles; Delta, 231;
Franklin, 289; Galveston, 395’; Gregg,
312; Marion, 391; Morris, 259;
Orange, 363; Rams, 267; Rockwall,
149; Somerville, 184, and Titus, 393.
There are other small counties in
Texas ranging irom 400 to 600 square
miles of territory, but the twelye
mentioned suffice to show the speak
er’s illustration is really against his.
acti-new-county position. In this
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Square miles of territory, divided into
five counties, the largest of which has
only 430 square miles of territory,
ar,d the smallest 24.
Thirty-six states of the Union—in
cluding Alabama, Florida, South Car
olina, North Carolina and Tennessee
-i.’c ienti. aui; mu' mg nv . -._d
smaner counties wherever the cou>.
nience, contentment and prosperity of
the people demand it. The great
State of Texas, during the decade of
1900-1910, crated sixteen new ar.d
smaller counties from the two large
counties—Pecos and Tom Green.
Another point made against the
creation of new counties was the
great expense of organizing and op
erating them when created. My ob
servation . with all classes of people
is, if they can get what they want,
they will cheerfully pay the pride:
m this age of push and rush ocnve
nineces are cheap at almost any
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1 fully agree with Dr. Walker, of
Bleckley county, that small counties’
furnish conveniences to the people in
the matter of bearing the burdens of
citizenship.. He says in speaking of
the new county: , “1. have' noted a
marked improvement in the people.!
They take more interest, in affairs,
they study questions aDd are develop
ing into stronger citizens. It is bet-1
ter, too, on account of schools; dis
tances are lessened, and a spirit of
county pride develops which leads to
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love of home and love of country.” ft
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| Let me close by insfsitfng that there
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j is no sane reason why Georgia should
j pattern after any other State of the
| Union. Let her policy be the convo-
I nience and happiness of her people--
“the state a-d the people wilt both .
be the g: h.ers ”
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